ك ر ب س

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to types of cloth, specifically cotton fabric. It also extends to describe a compact or gathered state, a specific gait, and a place name.

Derived headwords

الكرباسnoun

1.
cotton clothboth
A type of white cotton fabric. It is considered a loanword from Persian.
2.
wine strainerclassical
A strainer used for wine. This meaning is noted as an addition.

الكرباسةnoun

1.
cotton clothboth
A piece or type of white cotton fabric, similar to الكرباس. It is also considered a loanword.

كرابيسnoun

1.
cotton clothsboth
The plural of الكرباس, referring to pieces of white cotton fabric.

كرابيسيadjective

1.
made of karbasclassical
An adjective relating to or made from karbas (cotton cloth). The formation is noted as unusual.

مكربسadjective

1.
compact-headedclassical
Describing something, like the head of a skunk (ظربان), as being compact or gathered.

الكربسةnoun

1.
gait of the fetteredclassical
A manner of walking for someone who is fettered or restricted, similar to الكردسة.

تكربسverb

1.
to fallclassical
To fall from the back of a horse.

كربيسname

1.
village nameclassical
The name of one of the villages in Fayoum.

Parallel reading

ثوب من القطن الأبيض

a garment of white cotton.

وكذا الكرباسة، معرب، فارسيته كرباس، بالفتح

And likewise al-karbasah, which is an Arabized word, its Persian is karbas, with the fatha.

وإنما غيروه لعزة فعلال عنده في غير المضاعف سوى خزعال وقسطال

They only changed it because the pattern 'fi'al'al' is rare for them in non-doubled roots, except for khuz'al and qistal.

والجمع الكرابيس

And the plural is al-karabis.

وعليه قميص من كرابيس

And upon him was a shirt of karabis (cotton cloth).

فأصبح وقد إعتم بعمامة كرابيس

And he woke up having donned a turban of karabis (cotton cloth).

والنسبة كرابيس كأنه شبه بالأنصاري والأنماري والأنماطي وإلا فالقياس كرباسي

And the nisbah is karabisi, as if it were likened to al-Ansari, al-Anmari, and al-Anmati; otherwise, the standard derivation would be karbasi.

وقد نسب بهذه النسبة أبو عبد الله الحسين بن عبد الله بن طاهر بن محمد بن محمد بن الحسين الكرابيسي المعروف بالعجمي، نزيل حلب، وولده بها مشهورون.

And Abu Abdullah Al-Husayn ibn Abdullah ibn Tahir ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Al-Husayn Al-Karabisi, known as Al-Ajami, a resident of Aleppo, was attributed with this nisbah, and his descendants are famous there.

ويقال: هو أي الظربان، مكربس الرأس، أي مجتمعه

And it is said: it, meaning the skunk, is mukarbas al-ra's, meaning compact-headed.

والكربسة: مشي المقيد، عن ابن عباد كالكردسة.

And al-karbasah: the gait of the fettered, from Ibn Abbad, like al-kardasah.

الكرباس: راووق الخمر

Al-karbas: a strainer for wine.

وتكربس من ظهر فرسه: سقط منه.

And takarbas from the back of his horse: he fell from it.

ومنها محمد بن محمد بن موسى بن خلف بن فضالة العامري الكربيس، ضبطها المقريزي هكذا.

Among them is Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Musa ibn Khalaf ibn Fadalah Al-Ameri Al-Karabisi; Al-Maqrizi recorded it thus.